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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2011
As a personal rule of thumb, I tend to stay away from any movies (cartoons excluded) made by Disney. Or any movies based on computer games.
Why?
From experience, they tend to be very disappointing and boring. They tend to be "dumbed down" versions of real life situations.
However, I'm glad to be proven wrong this time where Prince of Persia is concerned.
It is a very entertaining movie and my entire family enjoyed watching it from beginning to end.
The special effects are also wonderful, e.g. when the magical dagger is activated, it seems very realistic and is comparable to the "Back to the future" series where time travel is concerned.
Just think of this as a medieval version of time travel.
Another example of wonderful special effects is the view of the holy city. It was so wonderfully and realistically rendered in BLu-Ray that one of my family members actually thought that such a city existed in real life!
Storywise, I'll refrain from any spoilers.
Suffice to say that this is one of those "the butler did it" kind of movie. I kinda guessed who the "bad guy" would be the moment he first appeared in the movie, just like in "Angels and Demons". ;)
The casting director did a good job here as all the actors and actresses had a perfect fit for all their respective roles. None of the actors/actresses ever appeared to be out of place in their roles.
There are also sufficient twists and turns (both literally and figuratively) in the storyline and plenty of action to keep you and your family glued to your seats for the entire movie.
This is one of those movies which deserves 5 POPCORNS out of 5!!!
P.S. This movie is based on a computer game and it would be remiss of me to not add any comments about that.
Well, the lead actor does jump and climb alot as in the computer game but anyone who has not played the computer game before would still enjoy watching this movie. It does not take away (nor add) anything from the overall visual experience.
Why?
From experience, they tend to be very disappointing and boring. They tend to be "dumbed down" versions of real life situations.
However, I'm glad to be proven wrong this time where Prince of Persia is concerned.
It is a very entertaining movie and my entire family enjoyed watching it from beginning to end.
The special effects are also wonderful, e.g. when the magical dagger is activated, it seems very realistic and is comparable to the "Back to the future" series where time travel is concerned.
Just think of this as a medieval version of time travel.
Another example of wonderful special effects is the view of the holy city. It was so wonderfully and realistically rendered in BLu-Ray that one of my family members actually thought that such a city existed in real life!
Storywise, I'll refrain from any spoilers.
Suffice to say that this is one of those "the butler did it" kind of movie. I kinda guessed who the "bad guy" would be the moment he first appeared in the movie, just like in "Angels and Demons". ;)
The casting director did a good job here as all the actors and actresses had a perfect fit for all their respective roles. None of the actors/actresses ever appeared to be out of place in their roles.
There are also sufficient twists and turns (both literally and figuratively) in the storyline and plenty of action to keep you and your family glued to your seats for the entire movie.
This is one of those movies which deserves 5 POPCORNS out of 5!!!
P.S. This movie is based on a computer game and it would be remiss of me to not add any comments about that.
Well, the lead actor does jump and climb alot as in the computer game but anyone who has not played the computer game before would still enjoy watching this movie. It does not take away (nor add) anything from the overall visual experience.
